Todd Starnes has 'Sex Week' wrong: Letters, April 12, 2018

Todd Starnes has 'Sex Week' wrong

It is apparent to anyone who attends what the University of Tennessee’s “Sex Week” is all about. However, an article by conservative columnist Todd Starnes appeared on Fox News' website this week outlining the significance of the infamous Sex Week.

Starnes spares little time before resorting to the ad hominem attacks that are so frequent in the media today. Further, he characterizes the student-run event as freakish, XXX-rated debauchery that no “decent-minded” person would support — going so far as to refer to university leadership as “sex-crazed perverts with Ph.D. degrees.”

Either way, Starnes ridicules Tennessee students who plan to attend the event, suggesting they should be in church — noting the event is “about as far from church as you can get.” However, if given the opportunity to catch one of the Sex Week events, don’t be surprised if you leave feeling like church should be a little more like Sex Week.

Rather than leaving frisky and sex crazed, audience members are more likely to embrace a cast member whose story shined light on their own personal darkness. Whether it be a student who overcame the vigorous obstacles of living as a gay man or other forms of discrimination, sex appeal always served as the frivolous avenue for spreading the more potent agenda: Love thy neighbor.

Despite the undignified journalism of Starnes, these students courageously uncover an essential understanding of sex that demands respect and love for the other be at the forefront. So, a word of advice: Be careful attending a Sex Week event because there’s a vitality of love you might not find in your church.

Trump shows disregard for law

It is profoundly shocking how the current inhabitant of the Oval Office repeatedly lies, tells mistruths and makes up fake news. Yet his reaction to the raid on his attorney's office by the FBI reveals his complete disdain for and total ignorance of American law.

1. The raid was authorized by a federal judge who saw enough evidence to conclude there was probable cause for criminal activity.

2. The lead attorney in the raid is a Donald Trump appointee, a longtime Republican and a former law partner of Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump's biggest supporters.

3. The raid was not a break-in, as described by Trump.

4. Attorney-client privilege does not include criminal activity and, contrary to what Trump tweeted, is not dead.

5. Lastly, Trump and Michael Cohen are not above the law, this raid is not a witch hunt, and the FBI seizure of these documents is not an attack on our country. Rather it is the affirmation that we are a nation of laws.